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The Eldis Blog
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6 April 2017The terms evidence-based and evidence-informed policy have become commonplace in the development vernacular and many development actors, including Eldis, work to promote the use of research evidence in the design and delivery of development policies and practice.
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9 March 2017This article has been written by Anannya Chakraborty, Researcher, IPE Global - Centre for Knowledge and Development.
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9 March 2017This week we have a new blog post from Madhushala Senaratne writing ahead of the forthcoming session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61).
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18 October 2016This week we have a new blog post from Shilpi Jain, Communication & Knowledge Dissemination Expert at IPE Global, consultant and and co-author of the book “Reflections of Managing Water: Earth’s Greatest Natural Resource”.
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30 September 2016Rio 2016Welcome to this week's guest post from Daljeet Kaur, Associate Director, and Divyani Diddi, Research Assistant, from IPE Global, India. Here they look at some of the numbers behind this summer's Olympic Games.
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30 August 2016In this Blog from the Impact Initiative, Naomi Hossain explores the global politics of food provision.
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21 July 2016Our guest Blog on South-South cooperation is from Sushant Anand at IPE Global.
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14 July 2016On June 23rd Britain voted to leave the European Union. The subsequent multi-layered political and economic consequences of this decision will play out over the next months and years. Here we highlight a small selection of commentaries on what the result of the “Brexit” vote might mean for development aid, trade and Britain’s role within the development community.
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17 June 2016In the wake of World Environment Day 2016, Divyani Diddi, Researcher, IPE Global Centre for Knowledge and Development [IPE CKD], looks at Demand Mitigation as a means to control Illegal Wildlife Trade.
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2 June 2016Dr. Grania Bridgen, TB Advisor for Médecins Sans Frontières, writes for Eldis on the rise of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, and the call to action to adequately fund the fight against drug-resistant TB. Follow Graina on Twitter: @TBbrigden
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2 June 2016An hour after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, information on the number of displaced persons and their location was available online. Crowdsourced open data helped to provide knowledge needed to support the humanitarian response to a changing situation in near real time. But the collection and use of this kind of data also presents some risks. Jen Persson looks into the pros and cons.
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2 June 2016Our guest Blog highlights work from Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID), based at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester.